Long snapper J.J. Jensen, shown during organized team activities in June, has been traded to the Carolina Panthers. Photo by H. Marc Larson/Press-Gazette

Last summer, J.J. Jansen was all set to be the long snapper for the Green Bay Packers until he injured his knee during the final exhibition game of the season.

After spending all of last season on injured reserve, Jansen was preparing to compete for the job this year with Brett Goode.

Instead, Jansen was traded to the Carolina Panthers on Monday for a future conditional seventh-round draft pick. Typically, conditional picks are awarded only if a player spends a certain number of games on the roster, so that means the pick can't be in this year's draft. Also, the Panthers don't have a seventh-round pick this year.

Jason Kyle had been the Panthers' snapper since 2001, but he hasn't been re-signed.

What was expected to be a close battle between Goode and Jansen now means that Goode likely will be the long snapper for a second straight season as long as he performs well during training camp and the preseason. Goode was signed off the street last September. He had been out of football after being cut by the Jacksonville Jaguars before the 2008 training camp.

Goode had never played in an NFL regular-season game before last season but snapped in all 16 games and performed well.

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Packers trade J.J. Jansen to Carolina

Last summer, J.J. Jansen was all set to be the long snapper for the Green Bay Packers until he injured his knee during the final exhibition game of the season.After spending all of last season on

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